Asturias is an autonomous community in northern Spain with its own distinct culture. Some important aspects of Asturian culture include traditional folk dances that date back many years and are celebrated at events. Asturian mythology features various mythological characters like the trasgu, a creature with a hole in its hand that hides things, and the Xana, a beautiful woman who steals babies. Traditional sports in Asturias also play an important role in the culture as they have been played for over 80 years in small villages.

1. Asturias

2. Did you know about Asturias?
Asturias is an autonomous
community situated in the north of
Spain, next to Galicia and
Cantabria. It’s a place that has its
own culture. There are cities,
villages and towns that were really
important in the past due to their
culture and traditional customs.

3. The best traditional dancesAsturian traditional folk dance started many
years ago. These dances are very important.
Many people like dancing this type of music.
In most Asturian celebrations people dance to
celebrate and so not to forget their culture.
Some dances are: Corri Corri, Pericote de
Cue, La Patada y La Media Vuelta. Pericote
de Cue is better than La Patada and more
famous. I think the best one is La Media
Vuelta.

4. Asturian mythology:
a lot of characters

5. The trasgu
The trasgu is a character that has a
hole on its left hand. He likes hiding
people’s things and he is very fast.
He is considered one of the most
important characters in Asturian
mythology. I think this is the most
interesting Asturian mythological
character.

6. The Xana
The Xana is a young woman that is
very beautiful and pretty. She captures
the babies of other women because her
babies are ugly. Her famous sentence
is: “Toma’l to mocasín y dame’l mi
pelusin” which means “take my ugly
babies and give me your baby”
because the other women’s babies are
more beautiful than hers.

7. The Güestia
It is one of the most important characters in
Asturian mythology. She likes scaring people.
She wears a black hoody and she is very famous
because she is terribly scary. If you are sick and
you happen to see it, it is believed that you
are going to die in the next few days.

8. Traditional sports

9. Traditional sports that are often played
Traditional sports are very important because there are
people who like playing different types of sports. They started
playing these sports 80 years ago. Sometimes people play
these sports in small villages, mostly in summer. Most of the
sports are very exciting and are still going to be played in the
future.

10. Questions
Have you ever been in Asturias?
Did you know about these sports?
Did you know anything about Asturian
mythology?